yes the internet can be a rumour mongering machine, but in all fairness to the promoters, they have put on lots of gigs with top artists, why should they lie or exaggetate about what occurred? There is nothing in it for them to gain by explaining what they saw as a screw up-. if you are an artist, big or small, you should be happy to do what you do as an artist, ok yu may be pissed off and fed up but as a performer the onus is on you to perform.
I had the same shit with robert hood, who refused to play on a whim.ourselves and club 69 booked him to play and he didnt even bother to get on the bloody plane, jeez at the end of the day you're only playing other people's records, not changing the world